Located in DASHANZI Region in Chaoyang District, which is to the northeast of Beijing, 798 Art Zone is where the factory area of the former state--run electronic factories such as 798 Electronic Factory. Since 2002, a great number of artist studios and modern art institutions have begun to flood into this area, lease and reconstruct those idle plants in a large scale and have gradually turned this region into a convergence area incorporation galleries, art centers, art studios, design companies, boutiques, restaurants and bars, making the area the biggest domestic art area with greatest international influence with in only a few years.
When entered the art area, you will discover that 798 still preserved the appearance of old factories, rusty steel construction and historic banner, or abandoned site, whole scenes memorized the past of 798 factory and old city .However, new art gallery, cafes, museums, contemporary exhibition vividly stands in 798 area nowadays, they make the whole area to become the epitome of Beijing city-perfect combination of modernity &tradition.
Famous museums & art gallerie
--On Jiuxianqiao Lu No 4, a rambling gallery with multiple rooms and exhibits and a fun sensibility. Exhibitions run the gamut from videos, sculptures, and paintings, to commercial art formsmedia, magazines, and BMW art cars.
--Chinese Contemporary : Up a flight of red stairs. The focus of this small (3,300 square feet) but significant gallery is on established or fresh mainland artists with ardent, often political messages. The roster reads like a greatest-hits list, from avant-garde (Huang Rui) to political pop (Wang Guangyi), performance stuntmen (Zhu Ming) to iconic realists (Zhang Xiaogang).
Time Zone 8, a bookstore. Order a cappuccino and browse through the art books. "This is 798's cultural heart," says Jonathan Haagen, a guide for ArtWALK Beijing . This deep, well-stocked bookshoprun by longtime Beijing expat and avid collector Robert Bernellhas been around since 798's performances and lectures.
One of Dashanzi's largest galleries, a yawning concrete space with red writing on the walls. Not all Chinese contemporary art is political. "The world vision of the 35-and-under generation is all about economics," says Karen Smith, author of Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant-Garde Art in New China.
There are two good restaurants for dining here: At Cafe: a wild space of bombed Cout brick walls and a small terrace, with great salads. Second one is called Sichuan restaurant -it is said that the Chef was hired from Sichuan province directly; no any Beijing cuisines cook way. Authentic Sichuan cuisines style will make your tongue numbing and hot.
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